LIVING THE GEEK LIFE IN CAPE TOWN

To compliment my earlier post about the major item changes to Season 3, and the with the recent release of a fairly hefty balance patch, I have decided to create a new list of items that have undergone changes since season 3 started. This will only include items that have had major changes, and here they are:

Banner of Command

Before:

2400 gold

50 AP

30 Armor

Now:

2360 gold

40 AP

30 Armor

10% cdr

This item was originally designed for pure supports, but Riot felt that it might be better as a general support item with some CDR.

Banner of Command

Blade of the Ruined King

Before:

2900 gold

40 AD

10% life steal

Deals 4% of target’s current hp as physical damage (max 120 to minions)

Deals 150 physical damage plus 50% of your attack damage to an enemy champion, healing you for the same amount (there was some problem with the way this was calculated, and it was stealing too much HP), and stealing 30% of their movement speed for 2 seconds

Now (but before hotfix):

2850 gold

30 AD

40% AS

15% lifesteal

Deals 5% of current hp as physical damage (max 90 to minions)

Deals 15% of target’s maximum health as physical damage, heals for the same amount, and steals 30% of the target’s movespeed for 4 seconds

Now (after the recent hotfix):

3200 gold

25 AD

40% AS

15% lifesteal

Deals 5% of current hp as physical damage (max 90 to minions)

Deals 15% of target’s maximum health as physical damage, heals for the same amount, and steals 30% of the target’s movespeed for 4 seconds

This item was meant to be the go to item for AD champs who want to shred health. It clearly took a bit of work, but I think it’s in a good space now.

Blade of the Ruined King

Crystaline Flask

Before:

225 gold

Restores 100 hold and 40 mana over 10 seconds

Has 3 charges that refill every time you return to the shop

Now:

345 gold

Restores 120 health and 60 mana over 12 seconds

Has 3 charges that refill every time you return to the shop

Flask was so OP when it came out. Everyone was buying it. Clearly RIOT noticed this and gave it a pretty severe nerf.

Crystaline Flask

Deathcap

Before:

3200 gold

120 AP

25% bonus AP

Now:

3300 gold

120 AP

30% bonus AP

Deathcap

Iceborn Gauntlet

Before:

3400 gold

40 AP

500 Mana

60 Armor

15% CDR

Your next attack deals 125% of your attack damage as an AOE ice field around your target – enemies are slowed by 35% for 3 seconds – 2 second cooldown

Now:

3250 gold

40 AP

500 Mana

600 Armor

10% CDR

Your next attack deals 125% of your attack damage as an AOE ice field around your target – enemies are slowed by 30% for 2 seconds – 2 second cooldown

This item was fine on most champs. Stick it on Ezreal and it became abusive. Nerf!

Iceborn Gauntlet

Liandry’s Torment

Before:

2900 gold

70 AP

200 HP

15 Magic penetration

Deals spell damage that burns enemies for 5% of their current HP as magic damage over 3 seconds. If their movement is impaired this effect is doubled. This effect is halved for multi-target or periodic effects (max 300 vs monsters)

Now:

2900 gold

50 AP

300 HP

Deals spell damage that burns enemies for 6% of their current HP as magic damage over 3 seconds. If their movement is impaired this effect is doubled (max 300 vs monsters)

Slight nerf to the overall AP, in exchange for getting extra HP melting power. Good trade.

Liandry’s Torment

Nashor’s Tooth

Before:

2500 gold

65 AP

50% AS

10 mana regen per 5 seconds

20% CDR

Now:

2270 gold

65 AP

50% AS

20% CDR

Nashors Tooth

Ohmwrecker

Before:

2850 gold

350 HP

300 Mana

55 Armor

Disables an enemy tower for 2.5 seconds

Now:

2835 gold

50 AP

15 hp regen per 5

15 mana regen per 5

Originally this was supposed to be for tanky supports, but RIOT saw that these guys were just building HP and armour so they could tank tower shots anyway, so they shifted it to more of a support item.

Ohmwrecker

Ruby Sightstone

Before:

1300 gold

300 HP

Allows you to place 3 wards. Has 5 charges.

Now:

1550 gold

360 HP

Allows you to place 3 wards. Has 5 charges

Ok, technically most of the nerf to this item came to it’s early component, Sightstone, but I missed this screenshot, and I’m feeling lazy! Sightstone was too cheap and supports were getting it pretty fast, shutting down jungler ganks from pretty damn early.

The original item was simply too expensive for what it offered, and so Elder Lizard got a fairly decent buff. Recently the true damage was nerfed slightly (I believed the way it worked with Hecarims healing spell had something to do with this).

Spirit of the Elder Lizard

Spirit of the Spectral Wraith

Before:

2400 gold

40 AP

10 mana regen per 5

20% spell vamp

10% cdr

25% bonus damage to monsters

Now:

2000 gold

50 AP

10 mana regen per 5

20% spell vamp

10% cdr

25 bonus damage to monsters

20% cdr on Smite

No one used this (and I think very few people do even now) so it got some pretty major buffs.

Spirit of the Spectral Wraith

The Black Cleaver

Before:

3000 gold

250 HP

50 AD

10% cdr

15 armor penetration

When dealing physical damage to an enemy champion, their armor is reduced by 7.5% for 4 seconds (stacks 4 times for 25% armor reduction)

Now:

3000 gold

200 HP

50 AD

10% CDR

10 armor penetration

When dealing physical damage to an enemy champion, their armor is reduced by 5% for 4 seconds (stacks 5 times for 25% armor reduction)

Welcome to the League of Black Cleaver! When this item first came out it turned pretty much all the AD assassins into godly beasts who could flatten enemies whenever they had their spells ready. This item went through various nerfs until it finally settled where it is now.

The Black Cleaver

Twin Shadows

Before:

1900 gold

50 AP

30 magic resist

5% movement speed

Summoned 2 ghosts who sought out enemies for 6 seconds. If they touched an enemy, they slowed the target by 40% and revealed them for 2.5 seconds

Now:

1900 gold

40 AP

40 magic resist

6% movement speed

Summoned 2 ghosts who sought out enemies for 6 seconds. If they touched an enemy, they slowed the target by 40% and revealed them for 2.5 seconds

Twin Shadows

Warmog’s Armor

Before:

2650 gold

1000 HP

Regens 1.5% of your total HP every 5 seconds

Now:

2830 gold

1000 HP

Regens 1% of your total HP every 5 seconds

This became the go to item for EVERYONE. It got nerfed pretty hard but it’s still very useful.